Syrup-pitcher.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

C. PEAGOGK.

' SYRUP PITGHER.

APPLICATION FILED smmze, 1904.

Inventor Witnesses IINTTED STATES Patented. May 9, 1905.

PATENT EEicE.

CHRISTOPHER PEACOCK, OF VICTOR, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO- THIRDS TO JOSEPH BENSON DOUGLASS AND JAMES MILLIGAN, OF

VICTOR, COLORADO.

SYRUP-PITCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,230, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed September 26, 1904. Serial No. 226,047.

To (LU whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER PEACOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Victor, in the county of Teller and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Syrup- Pitcher, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to syrup-pitchers, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character provided with an auxiliary discharge-spout adapted for automatic movement to active or inactive position by the opening or closing of the lid or cover, whereby the objectionable accumulation of syrup upon the lid and main mouth of the pitcher is wholly obviated.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional elevation of a syruppitcher embodying the invention and showing the parts in active or discharging position. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the normai or inactive position of the parts. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the pitcher open.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a syrup-pitcher; 2, the main neck thereof, having a discharge-mouth 3, and 4C a pivoted lid or cover adapted to normally seat upon and close the mouth 3, these parts being of the usual or any appropriate construction and material, inasmuch as they are, except as hereinafter explained, foreign to my invention.

Arranged for longitudinal movement or reciprocation within the neck 2 is a supplemental discharge-spout 5, preferably of the form herein shown and having at its lower end an outwardly-inclined marginal portion or flange 6, designed when the spout is in discharging position, as illustrated in Fig. 1,,to bear upon a coincident bearing rib or portion 7, provided upon the interior of the neck 2 adjacent to its mouth 3.

The spout 5 is suspended from and connected for movement with the cover 4 by appropriate hangers, preferably in the form of two pairs of toggle links or levers 8. The links or levers of each pair have their meeting ends pivotally connected, as at 9, while the upper or outer ends of the uppermost links are fixed to the lid and the outer or lower ends of the lowermost links are pivoted, as at 10, to the side walls of the discharge-spout, the upper links of the pairs being preferably formed in common from a single piece of blank material stamped and bent into shape and having between the links a central portion or plate 11, which may be soldered or otherwise fixed to the'inner face of the lid 4.

In practice as the lid is thrown to open position the auxiliary discharge spout 5 will, through the medium of the links or hangers, be projected beyond the mouth 3 to the discharging position, (illustrated in Fig. 1,) thus permitting of the contents of the pitcher being discharged without coming into contact with the mouth of the neck 2. Upon closing the lid the spout will be returned to its normal inactive position, as illustrated in Fig. 2, it being apparent from this construction and operation that the accumulation of the syrup upon the lid or primary mouth of the pitcher is wholly obviated.

From the foregoing it is apparent that there is produced a simple device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, it being understood that minor changes may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A vessel having a neck provided with an internal stop adjacent to its mouth, in combination with a spout slidable within the neck, a lid, and a connection between the lid and the discharge-spout to cause the latter to move longitudinally within the neck and to engage with the stop.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER PEACOCK.

Witnesses:

J. B. DOUGLASS, JAMES MILLreAN. 

